W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies 2025 Black History Month Keynote Lecture: Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease
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Join Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús for a powerful discussion of her new book, which unearths the disturbing history and ongoing impact of "excited delirium syndrome," a fabricated medical diagnosis used to absolve police of responsibility in the deaths of mostly Black and Latiné men. Excited Delirium stands as a powerful testament to the ongoing struggle against the criminalization of Black and Brown people and the urgent need to confront the state’s role in racialized violence.